Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A loose, full overcoat with raglan sleeves, originally made of rough woolen cloth.
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- noun A loose
overcoat of a certain type, withraglan sleeves
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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: Trench coats may be movie-star cool but so is the straight cut, A-line raincoat, also known as the balmacaan.
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The beauty of the balmacaan is its clean-lined simplicity buttons are typically hidden under a front placket, and its pockets are slanted.
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Texture had a big role in the clothes, and that stepped up the solid double-breasted swingy balmacaan coat and coated cotton blazer.
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Texture had a big role in the clothes, and that stepped up the solid double-breasted swingy balmacaan coat and coated cotton blazer.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Texture had a big role in the clothes, and that stepped up the solid double-breasted swingy balmacaan coat and coated cotton blazer.
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Chai gamely set the laid-back tone right with the first look: bucket shorts and a rumpled balmacaan jacket tossed over a henley tank.
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The runway was brimming with cocooning camel mohair sweaters, balmacaan and chesterfield coats and anuraks rejiggered with just enough newness to keep them fresh.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Judy Licht 2010
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The runway was brimming with cocooning camel mohair sweaters, balmacaan and chesterfield coats and anuraks rejiggered with just enough newness to keep them fresh.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Judy Licht 2010
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First to appear on the horseshoe runway was a model wearing an ivory/back windowpane balmacaan
unknown title 2009
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Hilfiger offered great coats - one a trench coat with a gold-chain belt and another navy cotton balmacaan overcoat, also with gold belt - that were chic and looked like borderline dresses.
knitandpurl commented on the word balmacaan
"She wore a man's wrinkled, white balmacaan coat, a thin yellow sweater, blue jeans, and two bracelets on one wrist."
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, p 220
September 9, 2010